Cripple Creek sits nearly 9,500 feet above sea level. Winters can get pretty cold — the town gets nearly 120 inches of snow each year. And this year, the town is celebrating its winter wonderland ...

Helping someone in cardiac arrest is not as daunting as it seems. By Gina Kolata Before 1958, there was no such thing as CPR. If someone’s heart stopped because of cardiac arrest, that person fell to ...

In 2025 why not learn CPR? NPR's Life Kit has tips for how to help someone in cardiac arrest. Every year, more than 350,000 people in the U.S. are not in a hospital when they go into cardiac arrest.

Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...